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Onna kyuketsuki (1959)

Onna kyuketsuki poster
Original title
女吸血鬼
Directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1959 Tokyo, a vampire preys on victims. The story follows his attacks and the people who try to stop him.

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What happens

Onna kyūketsuki (女吸血鬼, ''Onna kyūketsuki''? lit. "La dama vampiro") es una película de 1959 del director japonés Nobuo Nakagawa. Es un J-Horror, considerado el primero con una figura de vampiro al estilo occidental y ciertamente uno de los primeros en el que la ambientación es contemporánea. ​ A pesar del título, el vampiro protagonista es un hombre. Internacionalmente la película también es conocida como The Lady Vampire (La dama vampiro). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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